Dr. V P N Nampoori is the Professor of Photonics in
International School of Photonics, Cochin University of Science and
Technology. He took his Ph D in Physics in the field of Molecular
Spectroscopy. At present he is working in topics related to Lasers, Photonics
and Nonlinear Dynamics.
Dr. Nampoori is one of the members of the core
team to establish a well developed Laser and Photonics Laboratory in
CUSAT. At present this is one of the leading laboratories in Lasers and
Photonics in India. He also designed the course structure for Integrated M
Sc Photonics Course as a part of the Centre of Excellence in Lasers and
Optoelectronic Sciences.
Dr. Nampoori has published more than 300 research
papers and guided about 15 PhDs in lasers, laser spectroscopy and fibre
optics. Significant contributions of Dr Nampoori are in the area of Fibre
optic Sensors, Nonlinear Optics and Photonic materials. Recently his group
has developed a fibre optic amplifier which works in the visible region of
the light spectrum.
Dr. Nampoori is also interested in the field of
Science Education through e-learning platform, popularization of science by
writing popular articles in Malayalam and English periodicals.